A simple breathing technique can work wondersA simple breathing technique can do wonders for your physical and mental health. It is an example of mindbody medicine; we call our version of this breathing the Wellness Response.

Just 15 minutes a day

The mind and body 'talk' to each other in a ceaseless two-way conversation, and the messengers for these mindbody messages are our hormones, nerve pathways and neurotransmitters. Scientific research over the last 20 years or so in a field of medicine called psyschoneuroimmunology has told us much about the ways in which thoughts and feelings are turned into physical changes in our body.

Improves your health

With the Wellness Response for example, when you change how you breathe, you can change the messages your heart sends to the brain. The brain can experience positive or negative emotions depending on the type of messages the heart is sending. If the brain receives calm and relaxed messages it sends calm and relaxed messages onwards around the body to lower stress hormones, boost rest and repair hormones, boost the immune system, lower blood pressure and so on. Of course this explanation oversimplifies wildly, and leaves out much fine detail concerning ways in which other influences impact as well, but the overall principle is correct.Calms your mind

The Wellness Response is the cornerstone of our mindbody treatment because of its far reaching benefits on body and mind. We also offer the full Domar MindBody approach for Infertility as well as other mindbody packages for specific situations such as before and after operations, tinnitus, stress and anxiety.

As far as we know there are no negative side-effects and benefits increase over time

Over the last ten years or so we have begun to understand, in ways which can be scientifically validated, how the mind and body communicate with, and change, each other. mindbody is sustainable, scalable ultra modern medicine, it complements traditional medicine, it is medicine in your hands.

Don't just swallow your medicine - breathe it!

Feedback

"I'm still using the technique a year later on a daily basis because I've found it to be invaluable in reducing anxiety and alleviating insomnia. It has also had the unexpected effect of further improving my tinnitus to the point where I rarely notice it. ...it became a lifeline and something I could turn to to escape the misery of insomnia. I've been so impressed with the Wellness Response that I've told lots of people about the benefits to be gained". SB

"I have most definitely found it beneficial. I feel calmer and more peaceful in myself, and a pronounced reduction of the anger I felt toward those who had been so nasty........The sense of boiling rage and persecution has gone...... Physically I feel better as well. That is harder to pin down but a very definite sense of 'wellbeing'." AS

"I started the Wellness Response with the hope of improving my management of diverticulitis. ...has a calming effect with a feel-good factor. I see this therapy as a regular part of daily life. This has not completely replaced other treatments...... but I do feel more in control of my illness and hope at some stage that breathing therapy will dispense with traditional medication completely." PK

"My introduction to the breathing technique came from enquiry of ways to complete my recovery from chronic fatigue. With natural nutritional supplements and acupuncture I had found ways of maintaining stamina and energy levels during normal and high intensity periods. However I was still experiencing occasional periods of one to three days of deep tiredness and lethargy..... in fifteen months of using the technique my experience has been heavily positive. For nearly a year I have no longer taken supplements, and have had no "dips" of energy during intense periods of activity..." CT

Prompted to learn the Wellness Response for “severe, non-specific muscle and joint pains that the NHS appeared unable to treat....better sleep patterns, more able to do some physical jobs.....reduction of pain, greater ease of movement, muscle pains almost non-existent...good results in my annual diabetes check up...” JH